Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is a teenage girl who lives in a fantasy world of goblins and magic. But her fantasy becomes reality when the Goblin King (David Bowie) takes her stepbrother. Now she has thirteen hours to solve the massive Labyrinth and make her way to the Goblin castle beyond. Along the way she befriends several of Henson's fantastic Muppet creations for the final battle.

Pretty and relatively inoffensive: the theme of sister-has-to-rescue-brother-from-fairyland is actually an authentic fairy tale element.

The Petrified Forest—[1936]
This is a great film, it stars Bette Davis and Leslie Howard[Gone With The Wind—1939]. Davis plays a lonely dreamer who works at a stranded restaurant in the middle of the Arizona desert. Howard is a drifter who wanders into the restaurant and charms Davis with his knowledge and fondness for literature. Bogart plays the quirky criminal who interrupts the romance between Davis and Howard when he holds everyone at the restaurant hostage. Superb acting all around.

Hands Across the Table—[1935]
This is a great romantic-comedy, it stars Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray[Double Indemnity—1944]. Lombard plays a struggling manicurist who is determined to get herself out of her working class troubles. She meets MacMurray and is under the impression that he is a member of high society. Later she discovers that he is also trying to marry for money, and eventually they fall in love. Lombard combines her dramatic and comedic talents[once again] to make this a marvelous piece.

Dark Victory—[1939]
Great film starring Bette Davis, George Brent, and Humphrey Bogart. Davis plays a callow but charming young girl who goes to see Brent[who plays the physician] after she begins having some very painful headaches. Brent ultimately decides that an operation must be done in order to help her, and Davis submits. But, even after the operation is performed, Brent learns that her symptoms will just re-appear later on, and that eventually she will die as a result. Another great performance by Davis.

I saw Equilibrium -2002 for the first time the other night. I thought it was a great movie. It talks about governmental tyranny in the form of emotional control. If you look at it like in a more general since as instinct control the government in the movie is a lot like ours today.

The Postman Always Rings Twice—[1946]
This is a well-known dramatic piece starring John Garfield and Lana Turner. Garfield plays a drifter who stumbles upon a gas station/restaurant where Turner resides. He is offered a job from Turner's husband[who own the establishment] and accepts. Slowly Garfield and Turner fall in love, even though Turner is already married to another person. Eventually, they plot to murder her husband and run off together. Through a series of mistakes and wrong turns, the story ends with disaster for everybody. I would recommend this film simply because of its superior plotline. The acting is also very good, and Turner's performance is especially skilled.

Road to Utopia—[1946]
This is probably my favorite film in the "Road" series. As usual, it stars Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour[who is quite lovely, by the way]. Once again, Bing and Bob play two goofy vaudeville actors. This time, however, Bing insists that they travel to Alaska in order to pursue vast riches. While sailing on the ship headed for Alaska, they grab a treasure map[that leads to a gold mine] from a pair of wanted criminals. Ultimately, after a series of hilarious scenes, Bing is left behind alone, and Bob and Lamour find the gold mine and escape with the riches. This film has some very funny moments, and also there are a number of charming songs as well.

Has anyone seen "Silent Hill" yet? It's a creepy, strange movie with violence, but it does have a complete white cast, and I believe it is a German production, because I noticed in the making of the movie they all were speaking with a German or Austrian accent. Weird flick , but for this day and age, very white.

The Shop Around the Corner—[1940]
A romantic comedy starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan[The film is set in Budapest, Hungary]. Stewart works in a small antique store, and he begins to correspond with a young woman[Sullavan]. They discuss cultural subjects, and become very well acquainted through their numerous exchanges. All this, while Sullavan has actually been working right in the same antique store with Stewart! Eventually, Sullavan discovers that Stewart has been her correspondent the whole time. This revelation is especially interesting, because Stewart kept himself up to be something of a sophisticated intellectual through all of his letters. Overall, a very charming film, with a very decent plot and structure.

Suddenly—[1954]
A well-known noir starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden. Hayden[The Asphalt Jungle—1950] plays the local sheriff in a small town called "Suddenly"[literally the name of the town], where the President is scheduled to make a stop on the train. Sinatra plays an unscrupulous mobster who has been hired to assassinate the President. Sinatra and his gang takeover a house located on a hillside, where they will have an optimal position with their sniper rifle. But ultimately, partly by way of strenuous mind games, Hayden and the house-owners overcome Sinatra and prevent the assassination. The script is filled with humorous one-liners by Sinatra, and overall I would say this is a pretty decent film.